Clothes-pin.



N0.88680. PATENTED APR.14,190&

F.V.POLAKOSKEY. 4

- CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1906. I

WITNES ES: I INVENTOR fiwm; flat/W ATTORNEY FRANK VICTOR lOLAKOSKEY,OFPEEKSKIL L, NEW YORK. I

Application filed Hatch 21, 1906. Serial No. 307,162.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK VICTOR POLAKOSKEY, a citizen of Russia, andresident of Peekskill, in the county ofWestchester and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful improve-- ments inClothes-Pins, of which the fol owing is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes pins, and to grips for suspendingarticles fromlines generally. I i

It has for its objects, first, a 'means of utilizing an endless clothesline hanger that constitutes a separate ap )lication for a patentexecuted and filed 'by me March 21, 1906, Serial number 307163; second,a means of hanging articles to a clothes or other line that might soilthe articles if hung over the line in the usual manner; and third, auseful deviceior hanging cards and merchandise on a line for display, asin stores.

The objects are attained by the means set forth in these specificationsand the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views Figure 1 is aside view of theclothespin. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the clothes pin. Fig. 3 is a viewof the clothes pin open. Figs. 4 and 5 are views of two spring datesthat form a part of the clothes pin. is an edge View of and is amodification of one of the parts shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is anenlarged section of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 1s a "front view of the part shown inFig. 7. Fig.

.9 is a fragmentary side view of a modification of the pin. Fig. 10 is arepresentation of the com lete pin made of metal.

In the c'othes in shown the parts 1, 2, are of wood, and the spring 3that holds them together is of steel and is stout. The pin thus formedis a commercial article and i make no claim upon it. It was selectedbecause of its adaptabilit for the pur ose and the plates a, a, are aded to it. T ese plates are shaped as in Fi s. 4, 5, 6. The

angular parts 6 and 7 of t e plates, shown edgewise in Fig. 6, have aslot 7 cut in one, and notches in the sides of the other, so that theplates interlock as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3'. The parts 1 2 of the clothesin areheld toget er by the spring 3, and holes 5 5, Figs. 2, 4 and 5,are made in the plates through which the s ring passes, so that when thespring is in p ace throu h the plates and the body arts of the clot espin, the plates are hel rigidly to the sides of the clothes pin as inFigs. 1, 3. The angular )arts 6, 7 have soine elasticity so that theyhave the ell'ect of springs when closing on a line, that is, the ends 2)S) will close a little before the points 'i' 1 close.

The upper ends of the two plates have reverse curves 9 9 so that whenthey come together as in Fig. 1, they will conform to the sha e of agiven size of clothes line. Fig. 3 s IOWS the clothes )lll 'in readinessto be closed on the line l. rticles to be hung up are graspedby thepoints of the pin 'i, 5., and in hanging an article with this pin thepin is made to simultaneously close on both the article and the line.The parts i) need not necessarily be the same size as the line for allpurposes; but in hanging articles requiring two or more pins they shouldgrasp the line to prevent the sagging oi' the article causing the pinsto slide together. H the line be a little larger than the curved ends olthe pin, the hold on the line by the pins would not be diminished.

in order to guard more efl'ectually against the clothes pins slipping onthe line, the parts 9 may be provider with one or more points, as 14,Figs. 6, 7 and 8. This point projects inwardly to engage with the line,and is shown to be made by means of punching it from the body of themetal.

In Fig. 9 the points i 'i of the clothes pin are shown to have aprovision for more firmly grasping an article, consisting of a notch.

16 in one side of the pin, and a rojection 15 on the other side toengage with the notch.

. In Fig. 3 the action of the spring 3 in keeping the several partstogether is illustrated. The point of the spring rests in a depressionof the wood of the clothes pin, as at 12, and the plates 0. a are heldin place by the curvature of the s ring outside of the plates. Insteadof a liole in the plate a simple depression in the plate as at 5", Fig.6, would not only answer the purpose, but would hold the plate morefirmly. A slot 1 1, Fig. 3 gives room for the play of the spring. Theplates a are ap licable to any form of spring clothes pin, an when adifferent pin from that shown is used, it would be necessary to rivetthe plates to the parts as shown at c c c c, Fig. 9.

' As before stated, these grippin ends are shown as applied to thisparticu ar clothes pin because of its adaptability to the purpose; buttheir em loymentis not limited to this clothes pin. t is plain that thepin and i gral, if made entirely of metal.

the spring gripping ends may be 'made inte- For store use for hanging uparticles for display and similar purposes, a smell pin would referahlybe made of metal, as shown in ig. 10.

Havin described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

pin spring platesattached to the si es thereof and extendin above thepin, crossing each other and inter ocking one with the other,

ing of the pin.

and having curved terminals that close with the closing of the pin andopen with the open- 2. In combination with a clothes pin comrised of twoparts held together b a circu ar spring, spring plates on the si esof'the pin, the spring passing through holes in the plates to securethem in place on the pin, the plates extending above the pin, crossingeach other and interlocking one with the other, and provided with curvedterminals for closing over a line.

Signed at Peekskill in the county of Westchester and State of New Yorkthis 16th dey of March A. D. 1906.

FRANK VICTOR POLAKQSKEY.

Witnesses:

BROZVISLAV ARENDT, JAMES DEMPSEY.

